Lay Definitions of Successful Ageing and Contributing Factors among Croatian Older Adults
| العنوان: | Lay Definitions of Successful Ageing and Contributing Factors among Croatian Older Adults |
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| المؤلفون: | Tucak Junaković, Ivana, Ambrosi-Randić, Neala |
| المصدر: | Psihologijske teme Volume 31 Issue 3 |
| بيانات النشر: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Rijeka, 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Clinical Psychology, successful ageing, lay conceptions, qualitative research, older people, Social Psychology, uspješno starenje, laičke koncepcije, kvalitativno istraživanje, starije osobe, Applied Psychology |
| الوصف: | Lay concepts of successful ageing have attracted the attention of researchers over the past 15 years. However, little is known about how older people in Southeastern European countries understand successful ageing and the factors associated with it. Therefore, the aim of this qualitative study conducted in Croatia, a Southeastern European country, was to explore Croatian older people’s definitions of successful ageing and the contributing factors. Interviews were conducted with 95 community-dwelling older men (49.5% of the sample) and women (50.5%) aged 65 to 90 years. Participants answered questions about definitions and contributing factors/determinants of successful ageing. Responses were subjected to thematic analysis. Results showed that participants gave similar responses to questions about the components and determinants of successful ageing. The most frequently mentioned components of successful ageing were the physical/physiological (with subthemes of general health, healthy habits, and physical mobility), the psychological component (with subthemes of good life, subjective well-being, and psychological resources, etc.), and the engagement and activity component. Among factors that contribute to successful ageing, social and physical were mentioned most frequently, followed by psychological, financial factors, and engagement/activity. Longevity and good genes were rarely cited as factors associated with successful ageing. Besides, Croatian older people have not mentioned spirituality or religiosity as important components or determinants of successful ageing. The results of our study are mostly consistent with the findings of previous research on successful ageing in predominantly Western cultures. They show the great heterogeneity of lay conceptions, which are much broader and more complex compared to researchers’ models of successful ageing. Laičke koncepcije uspješnoga starenja posljednjih 15-ak godina privlače pažnju istraživača. Ipak, malo se zna o tome kako starije osobe u zemljama jugoistočne Europe vide uspješno starenje i čimbenike koji su s njime povezani. Stoga je cilj ove kvalitativne studije provedene u Hrvatskoj, kao zemlji jugoistočne Europe, bio ispitati kako starije osobe u Hrvatskoj definiraju uspješno starenje i čimbenike koji mu doprinose. Intervjuirano je 95 starijih muškaraca (49.5 % uzorka) i žena (50.5 %) u dobi od 65 do 90 godina koji većinom žive u vlastitim domovima. Sudionici su odgovarali na pitanja o definicijama i čimbenicima doprinosa / odrednicama uspješnoga starenja. Odgovori su podvrgnuti tematskoj analizi. Rezultati su pokazali da su sudionici davali slične odgovore na pitanja o komponentama i odrednicama uspješnoga starenja. Najčešće su spominjane komponente uspješnoga starenja bile tjelesna/fiziološka (s podtemama općega zdravlja, zdravih navika i tjelesne pokretljivosti), psihološka komponenta (s podtemama dobroga života, subjektivne dobrobiti, psiholoških resursa itd.) i komponenta angažmana i aktivnosti. Među faktorima koji doprinose uspješnomu starenju najčešće su spominjani oni socijalni i tjelesni, a nakon njih psihološki i financijski te angažman/aktivnost. Dugovječnost i dobri geni rijetko su spominjani kao faktori povezani s uspješnim starenjem. Usto, intervjuirane starije osobe nisu navodile duhovnost ili religioznost kao važne komponente ili odrednice uspješnoga starenja. Rezultati provedenoga istraživanja uglavnom su u skladu s nalazima ranijih istraživanja uspješnoga starenja koja su većinom provedena u zemljama Zapada. Oni pokazuju veliku raznolikost laičkih koncepcija koje su mnogo šire i složenije u odnosu na istraživačke modele uspješnoga starenja. |
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| تدمد: | 1849-0395 1332-0742 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::23143f86b3835e8377797f079c059302 https://doi.org/10.31820/pt.31.3.11 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....23143f86b3835e8377797f079c059302 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 18490395 13320742 |
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